Archives|DISEASE BREEDING HOMES; A List of Foul Rear Tenements in New-York City. SHELTERS FOR THE CRIMINAL CLASSES Most of These Houses Owned by People of Moderate Means, Not the Rich. ONE-THIRD THE PROPERTY OF WOMEN Over 50,000 Men, Women, and Children Live in About 2,500 of These Buildings -- Relief Plans.

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DISEASE BREEDING HOMES; A List of Foul Rear Tenements in New-York City. SHELTERS FOR THE CRIMINAL CLASSES Most of These Houses Owned by People of Moderate Means, Not the Rich. ONE-THIRD THE PROPERTY OF WOMEN Over 50,000 Men, Women, and Children Live in About 2,500 of These Buildings -- Relief Plans.

In the midst of the general denunciation of those deadly pests of New-York, the rear tenements, the cry is heard: "They belong to the rich, who are thus taking advantage of the poor, and who will be able to prevent the Legislature and the Board of Health from wiping this foul and disease-breeding class of dwellings out of existence." View Full Article in Timesmachine »

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A version of this archives appears in print on February 24, 1896, on Page 2 of the New York edition with the headline: DISEASE BREEDING HOMES; A List of Foul Rear Tenements in New-York City. SHELTERS FOR THE CRIMINAL CLASSES Most of These Houses Owned by People of Moderate Means, Not the Rich. ONE-THIRD THE PROPERTY OF WOMEN Over 50,000 Men, Women, and Children Live in About 2,500 of These Buildings -- Relief Plans. Order Reprints|Today's Paper|Subscribe